The '''first broadcast season''' of ''[[Futurama]]'' consisted of nine episodes that aired on the [[Fox Network]] in the United States from March 28, 1999 to May 16, 1999. The original order of thirteen episodes was split, with the last four episodes airing as the first four episodes of the [[Season 2 (broadcast)|second season]]

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The '''first broadcast season''' of ''[[Futurama]]'' consisted of nine episodes that aired on the [[Fox Network]] in the United States from March 28, 1999 to May 18, 1999. The original order of thirteen episodes was split, with the last four episodes airing as the first four episodes of the [[Season 2 (broadcast)|second season]]

Revision as of 18:18, June 26, 2013

The first broadcast season of Futurama consisted of nine episodes that aired on the Fox Network in the United States from March 28, 1999 to May 18, 1999. The original order of thirteen episodes was split, with the last four episodes airing as the first four episodes of the second season

Fry gets kicked out of the Planet Express building and tries to find a place to live. When Bender's antenna wreaks havoc on the TV reception, Bender is kicked out of their new apartment and Fry must decide whether or not a place to live is more important than his best friend.

Leela meets Captain Zapp Brannigan on a mission to rescue animals from a hollow planet, depleted of all the dark matter that once filled it, on the verge of collapse, but Brannigan jails the crew for interfering. This episode sees the introduction of Nibbler.

When Fry discovers that he's a billionaire thanks to a thousand years of compound interest on 93 cents, he uses the money to buy back things from his the 20th century. This includes spending millions on a can of anchovies, which are extinct in the year 3000. Mom, head of Mom's Friendly Robot Company, wants the anchovies for very different reasons.